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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
TopicSwachh Bharat

Topic: Swachh Bharat

‘Modi govt does not approve naming & shaming in the name of Swachh Bharat’

Parameswaran Iyer, the Centre’s point-person for Swachh Bharat in rural India, says efforts to change behaviour seem to be working.

No funds if Swachh Bharat targets not met, Maharashtra govt tells urban local bodies

The move is seen as a last-ditch attempt to give push to PM Modi’s pet project ahead of 2019 state assembly and Lok Sabha polls.

TalkPoint: Is Modi’s ‘Swachhagraha’ peddling symbolism or has ground reality changed?

Experts weigh in on Modi's 'Swachhagraha', the newly named Swachh Bharat campaign, as he heads to Champaran on the centenary of Mahatma Gandhi's satyagraha.

How the Centre plans to evict squatter ex-MPs from government accommodation

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri says overstaying is a problem and a law is in the works to solve it.

Hindus are less likely to use a toilet than Muslims in India

Data reveals 25% of Hindus who own toilets don't use them, only 10% of Muslims do the same.

Despite initial hiccups, Swachh Bharat mission scores on health report card

Study reveals health indicators for children, women have shown improvement in areas that have become open defecation-free in the past year.

On Camera

Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.